China – Vatican Museums: cultural collaboration
China – Vatican Museums: cultural collaboration

China – Vatican Museums: cultural collaboration

31 May 2017

As a part of the dialogue between the Vatican Museums and the China Culture Industrial Investment Fund, opened with the intention of creating forms of cultural collaboration, in the morning of Wednesday 31 May 2017 the Holy Father Francis received Zhu Jiancheng, secretary general of the China Culture Industrial Investment Fund, and representatives of the Vatican Museums.

The two Institutions will share their expertise in the fields of study, research and restoration, in order to enhance the profile of the Chinese Collection of the Vatican Museums.

For the occasion, Zhu Jiancheng donated two paintings by the master Zhang Yan to the Vatican Museums.

The two works are oil paintings: the first dates from 1993 and is entitled "Iron Staff Lama"; the second, from 2013, is entitled "The Cradling Arm".



中国与梵蒂冈博物馆开展文化合作

2017年5月31日


在梵蒂冈博物馆与中国文化产业投资基金为寻求建立文化合作关系而进行对话之际,教宗方济各于2017年5月31日(星期三)上午接见了中国文化产业投资基金秘书长朱建程先生和梵蒂冈博物馆的代表。

双方将在科研和文物修复领域各尽所能,精诚合作,以充分展现梵蒂冈博物馆所藏中国文物的价值和魅力。

会晤中,朱建程先生将画家张焰的两幅绘画捐献给了梵蒂冈博物馆。这两幅作品均为油画:一幅创作于1993年,题为《铁棒喇嘛》,另一幅创作于2013年,题为《臂弯》。